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Saints Are Making a Comeback. It Is Time to Canonize Fr. Mychal Judge, Argues Writer

Every year, Antonio Pagliarulo makes a pilgrimage to Manhattan's Church of St. Francis of Assisi for its shrine to Fr. Mychal Judge, OFM, a gay Catholic friar who died helping first responders on September 11, 2001—and someone Pagliarulo wants canonized. Read More

Benedict XVI in the Company of LGBTQ+ Saints

Since hearing of his death, I’ve imagined Benedict XVI sitting in a heavenly classroom where his teachers are queer martyrs and saints. Read More

Gay Jesuit Priest Calls for Church to Recognize LGBTQ+ Saints

Fr. Jim McDermott, an openly gay Jesuit priest and pop culture writer, has penned an essay in America arguing for the importance of canonizing of LGBRQ+ saints.  Read More